Revisiting the Use of Self

Deena Mandell is Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, at Wilfrid Laurier University.

This volume makes a significant contribution by expanding the core notion of the 'use of self,' integrating recent theories and contextual approaches, broadening the scope of our understanding and providing enhanced means to conduct a reflective practice. Importantly, practitioners are shown as people who are on a quest, what the editor points out as having a sense of adventure, risking their 'self,' which is seldom shown in professional or academic writings. And yet, this is what brings strength. This too is a political statement. The editor and the team are to be commended for having achieved this."" - Adrienne Chambon, Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Deena MandellIntroducing the ContributorsChapter 1: Use of Self: Contexts and Dimensions - Deena MandellChapter 2: Self as Subjectivity: Toward a Use of Self as Respectful Relations of Recognition - Amy RossiterChapter 3: The Mo-Hebrew Conundrum: How Anti-Semitism in the Aboriginal Community Changed My Professional and Personal Identity as a Social Worker - Jeff D'HondtChapter 4: Structuring Social Work Use of Self - Jill GrantChapter 5: Power and Status Contradictions - Paul MorrelChapter 6: Encounters in Social Work Practice - Martha Kuwee KumsaChapter 7: Hope Has Two Daughters: Critical Practice within a Women's Prison - Shoshana PollackChapter 8: Managing Paradox in the Use of Self: The Case of Family Group Conferencing - Jeannette SchmidChapter 9: On the Merits of Psychological Autopsies: Why Reflexive Use of Self Is Important for Community Social Work Practitioners - Ginette LafreniereChapter 10: ""In and Against"" the Community: Use of Self in Community Organizing - Eric ShraggeChapter 11: Accomplishing Professional Self - Gerald de MontignyChapter 12: Ethical Use of the Self: The Complexity of Multiple Selves in Clinical Practice - Merlinda Weinberg